Oregon
Rep. Matt Wingard and other House Republicans have vowed to unveil a
jobs package in time for the February legislative session, saying that
Oregonians are growing poorer.

"Oregon's
per capita income is 9 percent below the national average and getting
worse. This is a state that's actually getting poorer. My Republican
colleagues and I are determined to change that trajectory," the
Wilsonville Republican said in a news post at OregonCatalyst.com.

PolitiFact
Oregon hadn't been keeping up with the latest in per capita personal
income statistics so we wanted to know if the 9 percent figure was
accurate. More important, we wanted to know if indeed the gap is getting
worse and if we are getting poorer.

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